Update, 3/15/2023: We will not be running summer programs this year.

This summer, learn real-world ideas & skills in conversation with high school students from around the world. 🌎

 

ideas & skills that matter

  • Practical psychology seminars to better understand yourself and others

  • Social science seminars to go beyond the headline on real-world issues

  • Workshops to build valuable skills you can put to use immediately—and for the rest of your life


engaging classes

  • Classes designed to foster community, conversation, and collaboration

  • Cameras on, discussion and workshop-based, with lectures kept to a minimum


a global perspective

  • Classrooms as big as the world that feel as small as your circle of friends

  • Diverse perspectives that otherwise wouldn’t come together to unpack ideas in rich discussion


dedicated instructors

  • Our teachers are recent graduates of top colleges, like Duke & Yale

  • As passionate about their subjects as about the craft of teaching

  • Trained in our best-in-class approach to online pedagogy


college-like experience

  • Seminars prepare students for discussion-based college courses

  • Workshops prepare students for participating in larger college classes & collaborating with smaller groups of peers to produce polished work

  • College-level sources and concepts provide a substantive introduction to collegiate learning


Student-driven projects

  • Apply what you learn and show colleges what matters to you

  • Opportunity to take initiative: you choose the topic & push it forward; we’ll guide you through it

  • Top projects are designated ⭐ starred projects ⭐, which you can add to your resume and may lead to a feature on our website


key logistics

  • Two-week live virtual courses with four start dates throughout the summer

  • Times that work coast-to-coast & around the world

  • Tuition for seminars is $1,000 and tuition for workshops is $500; financial aid available